I'm sure of that, even older software like Gnofract4D can render similair stuff:
Gnofract4D has been my fractal software of choice for some time. But since I'm used to the (zoomlevel)freedom of Kalles Fraktaler, I noticed that I hit the frustrating zoom limit pretty often. Image above required some stepping back and re-zooming in, because the image went all blurry. This is about as deep you can go in GF4D. Besides, using the standard color-bands in GF4D gives ugly (unwanted) stripes instead of the smoothness of quaz0r. I had to trick GF4D by splitting the gradients and adjusting the brightness a little. This still did not work very well, as you can still see the light stripes of color.
Also I did not spend much time adjusting the color wave frequency to the inherent frequency of the spiral shapes. I think quaz0r put some effort in this, to create the beautiful black inner-shapes (bubble-like structures), while keeping the blueish-green glow around them.
Sometimes it's not about huge render times or an overload of complexity. Simple shapes with old-school color palette can work very well, if executed the right way. Eye for detail and a little craftmanship goes a long way.
June 06, 2008, 07:45:29 PM
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